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QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 02:13 PM) Sox are 'cooling' on Cespedes and Upton. Nothing in that article really states the White Sox are cooling on the players, but instead are seeing if their prices fall further. There is a big difference between those two things.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 01:54 PM) It's not really news. He just has the same ideas a lot of people on here think as well. It's true that they never are straight forward to the media out about anything really. I could have tweeted that myself. Reading the posts, it seems like a good thing to point out as a lot of people are sure taking things at absolute face value instead of reading into it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 02:08 PM) I'd say it's not an unfair guess that 100 people who were cleared out due to not having covered MLB in >10 years would probably be a group particularly strongly biased against the roiders. Just going by what we saw from the revealed votes, it was the older and more detached voters who did not reveal their ballots. They also seemed to vote for less marginal candidates than those who did reveal their ballots. I'd say it makes a ton of sense that dropped voters would have typically been the type to vote against guys like Bonds and Rocket.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 02:03 PM) http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/01/whit...rs-waivers.html Not sure he lasts to long Also interesting to note would be that because he came from a national league team, that means no NL teams claimed him, and none of the worst AL teams claimed him. If he were to be waived again in an attempt to clear the spot for the 40 man roster, typically the biggest teams for claiming players in the AL are Toronto and Oakland. Seeing as Oakland was under the Sox in the final standings, it means the A's already passed once on him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 01:58 PM) Did not realize this. 7 fewer total votes, but about 100 less people voting.

It is interesting how much more active we have become on the waiver wire since Hahn took over.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 01:09 PM) His best overall film is either Total Recall or Predator. Total Recall was probably my favorite Arnold movie.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today. QUOTE (Baron @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 12:24 PM) I'm doing some research on OFers today...primarily defense. One of my favorite stats is runs saved.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 11:58 AM) i feel like something is going to happen today I got you babe... (bonus points for the reference)

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:17 AM) I honestly didn't think the Tom Cruise led War of the Worlds was all that bad -- as a matter of fact, I think it was pretty damn good. I hated it. It was an hour and a half long chase scene.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:49 AM) Right, although I haven't heard anyone come forward and say that's what they did. I haven't seen any reason given for any of them.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:42 AM) It doesn't make sense NOT to vote for Griffey, but there are a couple things that I don't get upset about at all: 1- This issue. A few weirdos out of 440 didn't vote for him. Big deal. If they didn't take away privileges away from 100 voters, he wouldn't have gotten 98% probably, so it's improving. 2- Buddy votes. If you don't want David Eckstein to get a vote, don't put him on the ballot at all. The one plausible scenario I have seen is if a guy had 11 names he wanted to vote for, he could have left Griffey off knowing he was getting in and used his 10 votes for the others.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:44 AM) Simple economics. $1 today is worth more than $1 in a year. Not that complex. At current interest rates about $1.0025

QUOTE (striker @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) Time for a Redsox/Dodgers Blue Jays/Marlins roster swap Sox Get: Inciarte, Teheran, Markakis, Aybar Braves Get: Danks, LaRoche, Fullmer, Danish, Engel, Garcia, Sanchez Sox Get: Segura, Braun, Will Smith, Jimmy Nelson, $ Brewers Get: Anderson, Adams, Sanchez, Danks, Garcia, couple other prospects White Sox?

If no one else has offered Cespedes more than 3 years, why do the White Sox need to be the first to do so? You can always raise your offer. You really can't drop it.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:58 AM) 100% true. Pokka and Firstling are also top 6 D guys. Both have potential to be top 4 as well, and Hartman is easily a top 9 forward that provides what Shaw does now. Not to mention, players not listed were Svedberg, Ross, Baun, Haggerty (Hawks love him), and Kero that can all fill in bottom pair D guys, and bottom 6 guys on offense. Yep. They are very deep down on the farm, and are able to utilize that farm system as needed.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:40 AM) I think a better example would be the Penguins. When they won their first cup with Crosby and Malkin, people thought that team was the next dynasty. Look at what that GM/coaches did to that team. Since then, I don't think they've made it past the 2nd round, and are on the verge of missing the playoffs this year. All because the GM didn't put together a competent team around his stars, instead he added aging veterans like Iginla, Morrow. Look at what Stan has done now. They added Oduya, Handzus, but also had Saad, Leddy, Kruger Smith, Bollig from within the system contributing to the team. Last year they added Timonen, Richards, Versteeg, and Vermette. But the likes of Teuvo, TVR, and Nordstrom from within the system contributing to the team. Yeah the similarities and contrasts between the Pens and Hawks are a good study. Both had a young all world core built around cheap star players. The Pens have slowly eroded from their position at the top of the NHL, while the Hawks have repeated their championship runs. The Hawks also have used their purges to put one of the best farm systems in hockey together, which keeps producing contributing players. There have been moments along that time line where the Hawks haven't been on top, but they have always had the needle pointing up. Even when they were down this year, it was because of injury to a Hall of Fame defenseman. Keith gets back, and the Hawks are rolling again. Looking at the top of the farm system, they have two future top 6 guys at the top in Schmaltz and Dano. This organization is a model of what professional sports teams want to look like.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:31 AM) You just listed 7 of the past 11 seasons. Do you even think before you just type away? Yeah, but what about the other 4 !!!

My two cents 1. Star Wars Trilogy - all three movies would be in my top 10, just easier to leave them as a package deal. 2. War of the Worlds - The original, not the steaming pile of feces with Cruise 3. Blazing Saddles 4. Hoosiers 5. Office Space 6. Clerks 7. Back to the Future 8. The Untouchables 9. The Godfather (1 and 2 are a package deal in my mind, and 3 doesn't exist) 10. White Men Can't Jump - Don't judge. I love the opening scene of the movie

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:24 AM) you have a point, but if the hawks can help them, so can many other teams as well. so it will goes back to over payment. stan is in a difficult position to continue this run. let me bring up something from last yr, many thought, even after the SC, that the hawks over paid from some players at the close of the trade deadline. one of those players did help, but the cost was a first round pick. He has been in a difficult position since 2010, but he still keeps finding a way to build contenders and champions. If it were easy, even the Blues would be doing it.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 08:11 AM) Crazy that they're playing this well, and people don't think of them as cup contenders still. With as much turnover as the Hawks had, and have the 3rd best record in hockey right now, great job from the coaching staff. For the Bowman haters, does he credit for assembling the roster that is playing so well, also? Also for the haters, for as much grief as Stan got for the trades this off season, where is the love for Pannarin? The guy has been all world.

5 in a row for the Hawks. 2nd best point total in the west, 3rd best in all of hockey.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 07:20 PM) I haven't looked into this in detail (as I'm not yet eligible for any deferred comp, but something I will consider in time as a way to potentially manage taxes + another potential option to stagger for long-term future in regards to helping kids with college), that said, my understanding from a high level read I did of my companies policy lead me to believe what you mention above is true. Not sure how it works in terms of government employees though. I'm curious what happened for some of the counties in the country that have BK'd (if deferred comp was lost). Is their someone within the state who you could discuss with in more detail? Yeah, typically deferred comp that isn't an actual pension plan is not a priority in a corporate bankruptcy. You'd be below the bond holders in priority for sure, and there is a distinct possibility you could get nothing from it, if it were to happen.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...-he-can-stay-ss

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 04:05 PM) On one hand, the Marlins can't price themselves out of the market when there are lots of veterans who becacquired for less talent but taking on more salary. Ozuna is a player they're seemingly going to have to move because of Loria's whims. That said, like a Puig or Chapman, there's a point where the reward outweighs the risk fo acquiring teams. Whether that price is Anderson or Fulmer, it's not going to be garbage or some combination of three to five top 6-15 players in our system with limited upsides. I don't think Hawkins and Adams gets it done, for example. I don't get the impression that the Marlins particularly care if a player is unhappy or not.